Posted on 09/27/2016 1:31:39 PM PDT by Be Careful
Those Russian hackers never sleep.
Having had most of their computers hacked, a new threat has emerged for Democrats. Reuters reports that FBI investigators believe "foreign hackers" have targeted mobile phones used by "a small number of Democratic Party figures, possibly including elected officials" according to four political and government sources said on Tuesday.
Reuters notes that the hacking attempts occurred within the last month or so, and adds that two sources said investigators believe that, like hackers who earlier attacked the central data servers of key Democratic Party organizations, the mobile phone attacks were carried out by hackers connected to the Russian government.
One source said that some of those whose phones were targeted by hackers had been asked by the FBI to turn over their phones so that investigators can "image" them.
While this amusing, and seemingly never-ending barrage, of accusations aimed at the Kremlin long ago entered the twilight zone of McCarthyist paranoia, we point out that such media "warnings" - most recently in the case of the DC Leaks hack of Soros' Open Society Foundation - usually take place just before a major data dump is revealed or leaked. Which suggests that we may be due for another such notable disclosure.
There is of course, a more conspiratorial explanation: should enough compromising data leak, especially if it includes information that can pressure Hillary in the polls, then the DHS can simply accuse Russia of electoral interference and call off the elections as a matter of national security. We can only hope that this particular conspiracy theory will remain purely in the realm of "theory", and not "fact."
Please see post # 9.
The British newspapers were hacking phones, for crying out loud!
Are they sure it was the Russians? Maybe it was the 400 lb. basement guy Trump referenced last night. :)
i guess if they can be as selective as appears...they can monitor any cell!!!
“This could be part of Obamas plan to suspend elections.......”
Lincoln did not suspend the elections during the civil war. If not then, not now either.
Anyone going to BlackHat in Vegas is TOLD...
“Turn off your cell phone while on the floor”
They have a “Wall of Shame” listing all the phone users who got hacked.
It doesn’t take a Russian to hack a cellphone.
As others mentioned, the FBI has lost what little credibility it had left.
If we are to read between the lines, like they did in getting Russian out of foreign, then the above line means OBAMA, HILLARY, and the top staff of the DNC.
But they had to have an 'entry point'. For instance, a cellphone that had access to special government access only accounts, but had no password on it, and the cellphone mysteriously got 'lost'.
SO..... How much did the Russians have to donate to the CLINTON FOUNDATION to get access to the cellphones of... “a small number of Democratic Party figures, possibly including elected officials” ??
Obama leaves office when his term is over regardless of whether there is an election. No election defaults the office of president to the Speaker of the House.
The Executive Branch has no role or power over 50 state elections or over any part of the Electoral College or Congress’ role in presidential election/selection.
There will be no military coup any time soon either.
This from Comey ... everything is Russian hackers with this clown. He gets a slam dunk on the email and the fool gives everyone involved immunity .... but that is to be expected because his boss, SFB Lynch, gave immunity to the big bankers and then fined the shareholders billions. There isn’t anyone in the leadership level of the DOJ or FBI that is not corrupt.
We just bought some on Sunday. The little Cub Scout across the street was selling door-to-door (with his mother). SO CUTE, and he gave his whole speech and described all of the products.... we should have enough to get us through to November.
Maybe we can put these Russian hackers in charge of finding terrorists. They seem much more competent than the FBI or NSA.
“Russian Hackers Breached Democrats’ Cell Phones: FBI”
The FBI said this? From the same people who let a felon walk? BS. The FBI has zero credibility.
Great point!!!!! Donate to CGI and get thr super secret cell numbers of the inner circle! Why didn’t the rest of us rhink of that!
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